After this episode I was left thinking that the president is such a limp noodle. He's never had an idea or plan that somebody else didn't give him. He never stands up for himself, or if he does he backs down right away. He really needed Olivia to tell him to spin it like the first lady going off about Sudan was his idea? And Cyrus didn't believe for a second that the president could've come up with that totally obvious plan himself? Burn. Everyone around him treats him like a spineless imbecile and he doesn't really prove them wrong.

I'm really curious how Olivia got Quinn's mistrial. If I were Josh Malina I'd be so mad.

Seriously, I'm not sure why Olivia didn't run for President, since she seems to run the Oval from two angles--through the Chief of Staff and the President himself. The actors most definitely have chemistry, but the show hasn't made it entirely clear to me what Olivia sees in the President. Olivia's very strong, intelligent, and beautiful. The President seems to be led by his crotchal region.

I don't really get the Jackie O styling on Mrs. President. She seems to come from a different era.

Okay, so Quinn's trial was fixed by a Supreme Court Justice? How is that even possible? If I were a judge and a Justice called me and told me to declare a bogus mistrial I'd be like, "Uh, no." This plot twist is kind of bananas.

After that little conversation I was wondering who Olivia would hire to crisis manage her upcoming criminal trial. They'll have to explain a *lot* more before this plot makes any sense at all.

I'm sure the President has plenty of reach, but I'm trying to imagine the scenario in which he stops an autopsy from happening. That poor DA--he's like Homeland's Carrie with all his walls of crazy.

I'm also trying to figure out how a Supreme Court Justice even begins the conversation that ends in a trial dismissal. "Hello, fellow independent judicial type person. Although this goes against everything we swore to uphold as the impartial cornerstones of the U.S. legal system, I think it's better if you just dismiss that trial. Although I am not your boss, you should just listen to me because of secret stuff. kthxbye."

I'm also a bit unsure of the 12 step program as a method for managing murderous intent, although I did find Huck's list of requirements for body disposal to be hilarious in all the most awesome ways.

The only remotely plausible explanation I can think of is if the Supreme has dirt on the judge in question (or Olivia does, and let the Supreme in on it) so as to force the lower court judge to dump the case. Short of that ... yeah, that's kind of screwy.

Even if you have dirt, I don't see how involving a Supreme helps. Or even understand how the hell you involve a Supreme. Maybe she was one of Olivia's law school professors or something. Otherwise, even counting some of the crazy judicial activism we've had on the bench, they've been pretty incorruptible and sometimes seem to surprise the hell out of the people who appointed them in the first place.

So she presumably calls the Supreme, tells her "we're losing", and the trial poofs. Tell us how, show. Because it seems dumb right now.

I still find this show very entertaining, but I think I will have to accept it as a dystopian fantasy. Much the way I do Gray's Anatomy. :D

I also prefer to believe that Shonda flies in to work on a pegasus, because she lives in a world I've never encountered.

Ugh, the President sucks SO MUCH. If he were real, I'd have serious reservations about my country being run by an emotional teenager. That whole scene with Olivia in the Rose Garden: "I belong to you!" "No, I belong to YOU!" Come ON. There are actual adults who talk that way? It's not romantic; it's childish and embarrassing.

The doctor said Fitz would wake up within the week, so why did the vice president take the oath of office? Doesn't that mean she's the real president now instead of the acting president that she should be? Does that mean she'll stay president even if Fitz wakes up?

Why am I still watching this show when everyone seems to have the exact same speech patterns (none of the characters except Huck seem to have their own unique voice) and the main romantic relationship is SO immature?

The VP was making a HUGE power play. If the VP considers the President unable to do his duties,and can convince a majority of the Cabinet to agree, the VP is then sworn in as President. Once the President recovers, he has to submit a letter to Congress stating he can resume his duties (I think), and then, if no one objects, he can be President again. But since he was shot in the head, and the VP hates him, I am pretty sure she will protest.

They certainly know how to keep people talking. I thought it was interesting the way they addressed the Sallie Hemmings/Thomas Jefferson comparisons, but I'm really ready for Fitz/Olivia to be over for good. Yes, there's great sexual chemistry there, but I think it's the least interesting part of the show--probably because it's so repetitive ("We can't" "But I need you/we're so good together" kissing/sex "We can't do this any more", lather rinse repeat).

I agree that the Huck thing is some sort of fake-out. A professional killer who decides to wear eye-catchin bright red when shooting at the President of the United States? Oh yeah. There's more to this story.

I admit, I did not see that coming. Any of it, really. A Supreme tries to off a President who wants to divorce his wife and be with Olivia forever. Then the President offs the Supreme, tells Olivia to fuck off, and joins in solidarity with crazy wife. And Cy! And his husband! Who he almost had MURDERED!

Holy balls. This show is crazy-pants, but it can be rather gripping in a soapy-Revenge-y sort of way.